Brush or swab for liquid blacking



(No Model.)

G. s. WOLF?. l BRUSH 0R SWAB FOR' LIQUID BLAGKING.

Patented June 23, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. IVOLFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH`OR SWAB FOR LIQUID BLACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,694, dated J une 23, 1891. Application filed December 301 1890. Serial No.376,280. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. WOLEF, a citizen of the United States,- and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Brushes or Swabs for Liquid Blacking, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention comprises an improvement in that class of brushes or swabs in which the swab-holder consists of a wire suspended from the bottle-cork, my invention relating especially to the brushes or swabs used' in connection with blacking compounds having alcohol as a solvent, and the object of my invention being to prevent decomposition or deterioration of such compounds when the same are kept in stock or not used for long periods of time. This obj ect I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which represents on an enlarged scale a bott-le of blacking having aswab constructed in accordance with my invention.

It is a common practice to provide bottles of shoe-blacking and like compounds with brushes or swabs suspended from the bottlecork by means of a Wire, for instance. In the drawing, a represents such a swab, b the cork, and d the suspending-wire. When such coinpounds have alcohol as a solvent, however, it has been found that after a time the conipound is decomposed andthe new compounds formed are worthless for the purposes for which the original compound was intended. This decomposition I conceive to be dueto the presence of the naked metal wire in the compound, and my present invention therefore consists in providing said wire with a coating or covering insoluble in alcohol; that which I have found to be preferable for the' purpose being simply a coating of glue,

`under which term may be included animal lwhich would be caused if the wire was inserted into a previously-coated cork.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The within-described swab or brush for bottles containing alcoholic blacking compounds, said swab or brush having a suspending-wire provided with a coating insoluble in alcohol, substantially as specified.

2. The within-described swab or brush for bottles containing alcoholic blacking compounds, said swab or brush having a suspending-wire provided with a coating of glue, substantially as specified.

3. The within-described swab or brush for bottles containing alcoholic blacking cornpounds, said swab or brush having a wire suspended from the cork and provided with a coating insoluble in alcohol and extending continuously over both the Wire and the bottom of the cork, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE S. XVOLFF.

IVitnesses:

EUGENE ELTEEICH, HARRY SMITH. 

